Younger Onset Dementia Service wins HSJ Award The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Younger Onset Dementia Service has won the Innovation in Mental Health award at the Health Service Journal Awards. The team beat competition from nine other shortlisted entrants in the category and is the only Welsh winner in the 2017 awards. The Younger Onset Dementia Service is a specialist and dedicated service for people, their carers and families who receive a diagnosis of dementia under the age…

Farms and SMEs “losing out” as over half of Welsh councils’ cash for goods leaves Wales More than half of all cash spent by Welsh local authorities on goods and services in 2015/16 went to firms outside Wales, according to new data obtained by Welsh Conservatives. Paul Davies AM, Welsh Conservative Shadow Secretary for Rural Affairs, said that farms and small businesses across Wales were “losing out” because Welsh Government had failed to reform public sector procurement. His comments coincide…

Youth Advisory Panel launches new challenge fund The Spirit of 2012 Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) today launches a new Challenge Fund, calling for applications from organisations working to tackle mental health issues among young people in north-east England and Wales. Every other year, the YAP are given responsibility for allocating money through their Challenge Fund to projects they feel will empower young people. They manage the entire process – from setting out the initial application criteria to making the final…

Cardiff mum inspires new children’s picture book which helps to normalise same-sex parenting A Cardiff mum-of-two has been the inspiration behind a new children’s picture book which helps to normalise same-sex partnerships for children. Emma Lane, mum to eight-year-old Lily and three-year-old Jac, was so concerned about the lack of children’s books which featured same-sex parents that she called upon close friend and author Phil Burrows to address the issue. Although a Sci-Fi writer Wrexham-based author Mr Burrows took up…

New roller skating course comes to Cardiff For those thinking about trying something new to burn off the Christmas calories, a new roller skating course is coming to Cardiff.  The Tiger Bay Brawlers, Cardiff’s roller derby team, are launching a new course to teach skaters to be eight-wheel whizzes this January.  The structured course will teach all the basics of roller skating including how to fall safely, different stops and even how to skate backwards.  Skaters can complete the eight-week…

Leading Welsh Charity marks 10-year anniversary with re-dedication of Gift of Life Stone to remember all who have donated organs to save lives following a 20% increase in individuals waiting for an organ donation in the past year in Wales Moving tributes made by rarely heard voices of donor families, appealing to others make their choices on organ donation heard Kidney Wales marked the ten-year anniversary of the Gift of Life Stone, the first in the UK, with a re-dedication…

Slippers for Christmas can help prevent falls  A Christmas campaign to raise awareness of falls prevention in the elderly is being launched at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The Slippers for Christmas campaign, now in its second year, encourages people to purchase suitable slippers for elderly relatives, friends or neighbours at Christmas as the best gift you can give a loved one this Christmas is good health and independence. Every month the Emergency Unit at University Hospital of Wales…

WELSH CONTRIBUTION TO BRITAIN’S BIGGEST WARSHIPS RECOGNISED  Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin today recognised the vital contribution that Welsh businesses of all sizes have made to the construction of the Royal Navy’s largest ever ships. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the nation’s future flagship and the first of Britain’s two new 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers, will be formally commissioned into the Royal Navy by Her Majesty the Queen next week (07/12). But the construction of the 280 metre-long ship, larger even than the…

STUDENTS FROM ST DAVID’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE REACH UK-WIDE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FINAL A group of students from St David’s Catholic College have been selected to compete at the UK finals of a science and engineering competition after their exciting project caught the eye of judges. The five-strong team of 17-19 year-old pupils from the school will now take their place in next year’s The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition. The team has been announced as one of…

Relate Cymru provides relationship tips for couples in debt as new research finds one in seven people has hidden debt from their partner  As a new report from relationships charity, Relate, finds that one in seven people in debt has hidden debt from their partner, Relate Cymru has advice on how to adopt a more open and shared approach to finances. The report, In too deep: an investigation into debt and relationships, is sponsored by Provident Financial and explores the…